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According to Guinness
World Records:
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The best-selling book
of all time is the
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Christian Bible.
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It is impossible to know
exactly how many copies
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have been printed in the
roughly 1,500 years
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since its contents were standardized, but
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research conducted by the British and Foreign
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Bible Society in 2021 suggests that the total number
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probably lies between 5
and 7 billion copies.
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However, today, many people reject the Bible, thinking it's
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outdated and no longer relevant in the 21st Century.
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How can a book written thousands of years ago teach us
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anything about our modern world?
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On this Tomorrow's World program, I'll address the
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question: "Is the Bible
relevant today?"
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And I'll give you four easy-to-
understand reasons why it is--
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reasons that no rational
person can dispute.
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Now, stay tuned, as I'll be back in five seconds to give you
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four impossible to dispute reasons why the Bible is
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a book for today.
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A warm welcome to all of you from all of us here at
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We're happy you've joined us today, where I'm asking
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whether the all-time best-
selling book is relevant
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in our postmodern world.
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After all, wasn't it written thousands of years ago?
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What meaning can it have
for you today?
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The Bible has come under
increasing attack in
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recent times as more and more people consider it to be out
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of touch in the 21st Century.
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Perhaps that thought has
crossed your mind.
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But, on this program, I'll show you why that is faulty
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thinking and give you four indisputable reasons why.
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So, let's get started.
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Reason number one is:
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Human nature is the same
as it has always been.
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The Apostle Paul, writing nearly two thousand years ago,
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mentions on several occasions behaviors that are unacceptable
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for anyone seeking eternal life in the kingdom of God.
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One of those lists is
in his first letter to
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the church at Corinth.
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Beginning in chapter 6,
and verse 9...
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"Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
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nor homosexuals, nor
sodomites, nor thieves,
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nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners
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will inherit the
kingdom of God."
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Does adultery, thievery,
drunkenness, or any of
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these other behaviors
sound familiar?
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These traits of human nature were pervasive in the
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first century, even affecting some who had come to realize
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the need to put them aside.
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Notice it in verse 11...
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"And such were some of you.
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But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you
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were justified in the name
of the Lord Jesus and
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by the Spirit of our God."
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On another occasion, writing
to the Church at Rome,
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Paul mentioned in
Romans 1 verse 29...
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"being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual
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immorality, wickedness,
covetousness, maliciousness;
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full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness;
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they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud,
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boasters, inventors of
evil things, disobedient
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to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving,
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unforgiving, unmerciful."
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That was then, but is it
any different today?
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No, human nature
has not changed.
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And in fact, Paul said
it would not change.
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Writing to Timothy, Paul spoke of behaviors that would
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exist in the last days--
that's our day today.
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2 Timothy 3:1-5...
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"But know this, that in the last days perilous [or dangerous]
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times will come: For men will
be lovers of themselves,
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lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
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disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving,
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unforgiving, slanderers,
without self-control,
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brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty,
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lovers of pleasure rather
than lovers of God,
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having a form of godliness
but denying its power.
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And from such people turn away!"
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Was Paul correct in
foretelling our day?
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Do we see any difference
between his day and ours?
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Notice the similarities between first century behaviors and
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what Paul foretold for
our day today:
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Can anyone dispute that what Paul foretold for our day
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is any different from what
we see all around us?
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Also, who among us thinks
these behaviors are
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beneficial to our world?
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No doubt, some would think
so, but I doubt that you
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think that way.
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Most rational people recognize that unruly children,
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slanderers, those who are filled with pride, or are traitors;
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and those who are brutal, unloving, and unforgiving
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are a detriment to society.
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Perhaps the Bible is not so out-of-date as some think.
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No, human nature is the
same today as it was
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thousands of years ago.
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Now whether you agree that
man's nature is good or bad,
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the fact that it has not
changed is indisputable.
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I'll give you three more
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Welcome back.
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On this Tomorrow's World program, I'm asking
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and answering the question,
"Is the Bible Relevant Today?"
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And I'm here to say that it is.
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In the previous portion of this program, I gave you one of
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four irrefutable reasons why
the Bible has relevance in
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the twenty-first Century.
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That reason is:
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1. Human nature is the same
as it has always been.
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Now whether in the first century or today, we find pride,
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rebellious children, whisperers and slanderers, people who are
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unloving, untrustworthy traitors, people who are
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unforgiving, unmerciful
brutal individuals.
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No, human nature has not changed, and that's
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irrefutable reason #1.
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The second reason we know the Bible is relevant for today,
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involves the outcome
of human nature.
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2. The problems caused by human nature have not changed.
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James, an Apostle of Christ, asked two important questions
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nearly 2,000 years ago.
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The first is a question needing an answer and the second
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is rhetorical:
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James 4 and verse 1...
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"Where do wars and fights
come from among you?
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Do they not come from your
desires for pleasure that
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war in your members?"
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But he didn't stop
with the question.
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Notice his scathing answer
beginning in verse 2...
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"You lust and do not have.
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You murder and covet
and cannot obtain.
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You fight and war.
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Yet you do not have
because you do not ask.
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You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss,
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that you may spend it
on your pleasures."
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Whether we're talking about
wars between neighbors,
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or between nations,
unrestrained human nature,
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whether then or now,
is the cause.
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However, problems go back much further than the first century.
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For that, we must go back
to the beginning.
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We read in the first book of the Bible, in Genesis chapter two,
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that our parents were given a test in the form of two trees.
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The tree of life symbolized putting trust in God.
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But to take of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good
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and evil, symbolized taking it upon themselves to determine
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right and wrong.
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And as most every Bible
student knows, they chose
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the latter tree.
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And under the sway of a
powerful and evil spirit being,
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Eve rejected God's instruction
and chose to follow her
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own judgment--Genesis 3:6...
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"So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that
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it was pleasant to the eyes,
and a tree desirable to make
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one wise, she took of
its fruit and ate.
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She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate."
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The Apostle John may have had this in mind when he warned us
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about the motivations of our nature in 1 John 2:16...
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"For all that is in the world--
the lust of the flesh
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[Eve saw that the fruit
was good for food],
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the lust of the eyes [it
was pleasant in her sight],
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and the pride of life [a
tree to make her wise]--
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is not of the Father
but is of the world."
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You can read in 1 Timothy 2:14 that while Eve was deceived,
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Adam was not.
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He knew better, but went on
to eat of the fruit anyway.
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One can only imagine how different their world became,
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once they took it upon themselves to determine the
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difference between right and wrong, but as with far too
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many parents, they lived to
see tragic results in their
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children, when Cain became jealous and murdered
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his brother Abel.
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Nearly 2,600 years ago,
the prophet Isaiah wrote
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in Isaiah 59...
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"The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice
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in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths;
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whoever takes that way
shall not know peace."
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The problems we see in our
world today are not new--
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they've been around a long time, but here's the point.
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The Bible reveals right and wrong and gives instructions
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on how to overcome our nature.
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A gadget may be new, but not our nature, and there are tragic
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results when we choose our
ways over God's ways.
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Can any honest person dispute our first two reasons why
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the Bible is relevant today?
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1. Human nature is the same
as it has always been.
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And: 2. The problems caused by human nature have not changed.
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There are two other reasons I want to share with you about
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why we know the Bible is relevant in the 21st Century,
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The Proverbs tell us...
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wisdom, and the man who
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gains understanding;
For her proceeds are better
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than the profits of silver,
And her gain than fine gold."
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How few in today's world realize that godly wisdom and knowledge
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is more precious than gold, silver, or precious jewels.
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The Tomorrow's World Bible
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Now I know that some of you already ordered this Bible
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You started it with good intentions but became
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And is it not our human
nature that once we lose
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And when I come back after
this short 15 second break,
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I'll give you a third reason
why the Bible is relevant
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in the 21st Century.
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♪
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This clear and straight-forward resource will help you
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♪
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On this Tomorrow's World program, I'm asking
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and answering the question
of whether the world's
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best-selling book is relevant
in the 21st Century.
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Many believe it is not, but that is not what the facts reveal.
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And that's why I'm giving you four, of many reasons, why we
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need the Bible more than at any other time in human history.
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So far, I've given you
two irrefutable facts
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as to why the Bible is
as applicable now as it
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was 2,000 and more years ago.
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They are:
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1. Human nature is the same
as it has always been.
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And 2. The problems caused by human nature have not changed.
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Let's now look at
the third reason:
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3. God's attitude regarding right and wrong has not changed.
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If God exists, and for good reasons, many of us believe
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that a Creator is the best explanation for life
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on this planet, then
what He thinks matters.
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Why is it that people think God will bend to conform to their
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image, rather than the
other way around?
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Must God accept whatever behaviors we demand of Him?
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An honest and rational person ought to see how foolish that
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thinking is.
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And once again, this
thinking is not new.
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It's been around for more
than 3,000 years.
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The fiftieth Psalm, beginning
in verse 18 tells us...
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"When you saw a thief,
you consented with him,
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and have been a partaker
with adulterers.
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You give your mouth to evil,
and your tongue frames deceit.
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You sit and speak against
your brother; you slander
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your own mother's son.
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These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought that
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I was altogether like you."
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Closely associated with this,
is the strange thinking that
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human beings can outvote God.
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Is this not what people
reason when they say,
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"Well, everybody's doing it."
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You fill in the blank:
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cohabiting, committing adultery, cheating on your taxes, using
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profanity--the list is endless.
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And again, these rationalizations are not new.
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Mankind has always justified sinful behaviors, thinking
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that God does not see.
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Breaking into a thought,
let's notice what it says
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in Psalm 94, and verse 6...
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"They slay the widow and
the stranger, And murder
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the fatherless.
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Yet they say, "The LORD does
not see, nor does the God of
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Jacob understand."
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No, dear friends, there is
nothing new under the sun.
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Whether 3,000 years ago or now, human nature is the same,
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the results of that
nature have not changed,
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and God's attitude toward
sin has not changed.
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Notice how God responds to those so foolish as to think that God
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doesn't notice what they do.
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Here it is in verse 8...
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"Understand, you senseless among the people; and you fools,
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when will you be wise?
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He who planted the ear,
shall He not hear?
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He who formed the eye,
shall He not see?
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He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct...?"
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Earlier, we read a quick synopsis of human nature from
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1 John 2, and verse 16...
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"For all that is in the world--
the lust of the flesh, the
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lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father
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but is of the world."
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John then gives this warning...
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"And the world is passing away, and the lust of it;
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but he who does the will
of God abides forever."
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Does any rational person think God changes to bend to our will,
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because we're so modern,
so sophisticated, and so
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technologically advanced?
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I think you know the answer to that, but let's look at one
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more scripture before moving to a fourth reason why the Bible
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is relevant for today.
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At the very end of the Bible,
in the book of Revelation,
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after Christ returns to save us from annihilating ourselves,
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we read of God's attitude toward sin, whether in times past,
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present, or future.
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Here it is in Revelation
chapter 21, and in verse 8...
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"But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers,
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sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars
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shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire
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and brimstone, which is
the second death."
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It's sheer madness to think
that God will bend to our
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standards of right and
wrong, that's our third
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irrefutable reason why
the Bible is every bit
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as relevant today as
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Frankly, there are many
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Today we've been answering
the question of whether
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the Bible is relevant
for 21st Century man.
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So far, I've given three
irrefutable reasons why the
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world's best-selling book
is important for you and
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your loved ones.
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1. Human nature is the same
as it has always been.
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2. The problems caused by human nature have not changed.
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And 3. God's attitude regarding right and wrong has not changed.
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There are many more reasons why the Bible is relevant today,
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but let's now look at
a fourth reason.
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4. The purpose of life
has not changed.
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Precious few people today understand why they are here.
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How can they when there is
such religious confusion
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in our world with different
ideas regarding an afterlife,
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or even if there is a life beyond the grave.
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Sadly, many do not even care enough to find the answer,
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and those who do care, most often don't recognize the
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correct source for the answer.
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Scripture tells us that there is a powerful spirit being who has
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deceived the world, and that includes the largest religion
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on earth--Christianity.
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Open your Bible and read Revelation 12:9 for yourself...
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"So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old,
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called the Devil and Satan,
who deceives the whole world;
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he was cast to the earth,
and his angels were cast
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out with him."
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Notice that Jesus said the
first sign leading up to the
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end of the age and His return would be false Christianity.
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Write this down and look it up for yourself--Matthew 24:3-5...
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"Tell us, when will
these things be?
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And what will be the sign
of Your coming, and of the
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end of the age?"
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And Jesus answered
and said to them:
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"Take heed that no
one deceives you.
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For many will come in My name [in other words claiming to
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represent Him], saying,
'I am the Christ'
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[in other words admitting
that Jesus is the Messiah],
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and will deceive many."
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This is why we are offering
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It addresses the purpose
God has for you and me.
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And that purpose has not
changed from the beginning,
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but few today understand it.
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Satan has deceived people
into believing something
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very different, from the exciting reward the Bible
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actually offers.
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Frankly, dear friends, it's amazing how deceived Christians
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can be about the book they profess to believe in.
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Consider this passage of scripture from Daniel 7:27
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where it speaks about the
future rule of the Messiah...
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"Then the kingdom and dominion, And the greatness of the
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kingdoms under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people,
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the saints of the Most High.
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His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And all dominions
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shall serve and obey Him."
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Now as a side note, when Scripture uses the word
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"saints" it's not speaking of someone who has been "sainted"
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by some religious body.
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It's simply speaking of servants of God--ordinary people such
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as you and me--who may be led by, and have the spirit of
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Christ, dwelling in them.
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But here in this Old Testament passage in Daniel, we read of
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the kingdoms of this world
being taken over by the
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kingdom of God.
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Now turn over to the New Testament, to Revelation 20:4,
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where it describes this same time in the future...
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"And I saw thrones, and they
sat on them, and judgment
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was committed to them.
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Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for
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their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not
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worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received
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his mark on their foreheads
or on their hands.
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And they lived [and notice
this: they lived] and [they]
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reigned with Christ for
a thousand years."
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Yes, the servants of God
will reign with Christ for
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a thousand years.
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But, where?
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Let Revelation answer
that for you.
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Chapter 5, verses 9-10...
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"And they [that is the servants of God who will be resurrected
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at Christ's return]
sang a new song, saying:
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"You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals;
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For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
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Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
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And have made us kings
and priests to our God;
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[and note it here] And we
shall reign on the earth."
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How different this is from
rolling around in heaven
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with nothing to do.
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No, the purpose for your life goes way beyond what is
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taught in the typical Sunday morning church service.
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And it's all in the Bible for those called of God who are
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willing to search it out.
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And that's why we're offering our Tomorrow's World
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And join us again next week when Wallace Smith, Rod McNair, and I
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will bring you more plain truth from the pages of the Bible.
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See you next week.
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